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Article: AFL-CIO LAUNCHES MIAMI HERALD BOYCOTT; MORE THAN 500 SUPPORTERS DUMP THE NEWSPAPER
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- PR Newswire
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- March 27, 1996
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MIAMI, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The AFL-CIO expanded its national campaign to win a fair labor contract at the Detroit newspapers today by launching a boycott of Knight-Ridder's flagship newspaper -- the Miami Herald. Knight-Ridder owns the Detroit Free Press, where workers have been on strike for eight months. The AFL-CIO announced that initial outreach efforts through the South Florida labor community has led to more than 500 supporters dumping the Miami Herald.
The AFL-CIO initiated boycott activities with the support of the South Florida AFL-CIO, Broward Central Labor Council, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), A. Philip Randolph Institute ...